Dec 31 2008
#3 - “Ai Yori Aoshi”
A cute boy meets a cute girl on a the train one day. He thinks she’s nice, she thinks he is sweet, and he decides to help her find her long lost love. Aren’t they both surprised when it turns out he is the boy she is looking for! ”Ai Yori Aoshi” is shojo anime to the very core. It is made up of two series, the first running 24 episodes and the second a mere 12 episodes. Its animation style is very colorful and bright, and the main characters, Aoi and Kaoru, are very cute and innocent looking. It is not terribly surprising when it turns out they are meant to be together, though a suddenly serious turn in the story at the end of the first episode was rather surprising. In fact it felt out of place within the cutesy romantic context of the rest of the show. While I enjoyed the way this series looked, it was probably a little too much on the sugary sweet side for me. I’m not so much into watching hour after hour of two characters making mushy eyes at each other, though I’m sure if you really like shojo anime you will love this. 
